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Behind the Purdah, India.

From The Quiver. ();

May 23, 1897,

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An Englishman, bent on mastering the mysteries of their code of worship, attended Hindu debates where the orthodox and the advanced school met together in discussion. "Can you tell me," he inquired at last, confused by the arguments and counterarguments tossed like shuttlecocks from one to another, "of one single article of your creed which you all hold in common?"

May 23, 1897

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